CASTRO, Luisa

CELA, Camilo Jose

Born in Spain on May 11, 1916, Cela was a novelist, poet, columnist and author of blindman’s ballads and unforgettable travel diaries, as well as a member of the Cervantes Institute’s Board of Trustees since its founding.

CERCAS, Javier

A Spanish writer born in 1962 in Caceres, Spain, Cercas worked for two years at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and, since 1989, has been professor of Spanish literature at Spain’s University of Gerona.

COLLAZOS, Oscar

CORTAZAR, Julio

Julio Florencio Cortazar was born to Argentine parents in Brussels, Belgium in 1914, but his family returned to live on the outskirts of Buenos Aires when he was four and he spent the rest of his childhood there.